Irish Penal Rosary St Patrick Celtic Catholic 11 1/2 inch Green Jade Masculino Rosario

HandmadeGreat Gift! This Beautiful One Decade Penal Rosary is handcrafted with 8mm and 10mm Green Adventurine Jade.Genuine Gemstone Beads. Light Green The Rosary is 11 1/2 inch Long including the Ring. Celtic Penal Crucifix Beautiful Large Celtic Penal Crucifix. This Crucifix has a Very Unique and Interesting History to it. Made in Italy, silver oxidized and is 2 1/8 inch long. Penal rosaries and crucifixes have a wonderful story behind them. Penal rosaries and crucifixes were used during the times when religious objects were forbidden. It was illegal to be Catholic and being caught with a rosary could mean imprisonment or worse. A penal rosary is a single decade with the crucifix on one end and a ring on the other. When praying the penal rosary you would start with the ring on your thumb and the beads and crucifix of the rosary in your sleeve, as you moved on to the next decade you moved the ring to your next finger and so on and so forth. The unique design of this crucifix with very narrow crossbars made it very easily concealed in a hand or sleeve. This allowed people to pray the rosary without the fear of being detected. The symbols on the crucifix are as follows; Inscription, Crown of Thorns, Chalice, Hammer, Cords (the scourging), Five Wounds, Spear, Ladder, Bowl, Nails, and Rooster. St Patrick Enamel Color Image Silver Oxidized Medal. Medal will vary from 1/2 inch to 3/4 inch & round or oval. 1 inch Twisted Design Ring. Handcrafted using Antique Silver Plated findings and High Quality 49 strand Beading Wire Black Pouch and Gift Box included. Perfect gift!

• Irish Penal Rosary